Why has the Nile River Become a Battleground? The Nile situation is not an isolated incident. Ethiopia is being similarly aggressive over the development of the shared Omo River, where it is building the controversial Gibe III Dam and developing large-scale plantations. These developments threaten Kenya’s Lake Turkana, which derives 90% of its water from the Omo River. Rather than consulting with communities of the Lower Omo River Valley affected by schemes to lease land to foreign agribusiness and control the flow of the river, affected communities have instead been subjected to a wide range of human rights violations and repression.internationalrivers.org/blogs/229/why-has-the-nile-river-become-a-battleground
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 05:39:34 +0000
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